Concert, 1990 March 25
Scope and Contents
Performances by invited fiddle players Kevin Burke, Liz Carroll, Seamus Connolly, Brian Conway, Johnny Cronin, Paddy Cronin, Tony De Marco, Martin Hayes, Eileen Ivers, James Kelly, Andy McGann, Johnny McGreevy, Brendan Mulvihill, Paddy Reynolds, Dale Russ, Martin Wynne, with Mel Mercier on bodhran and bones. Held in Boston College's Gasson Hall.
Dates
- Creation: 1990 March 25
Creator
- Burke, Kevin (Fiddler) (1950-) (Performer, Person)
- Carroll, Liz (1957-) (Performer, Person)
- Connolly, Séamus (1944-) (Performer, Person)
- Conway, Brian (1961-) (Performer, Person)
- Cronin, Johnny (Performer, Person)
- Cronin, Paddy (Fiddle player) (1925-2014) (Performer, Person)
- DeMarco, Tony (1955-) (Performer, Person)
- Hayes, Martin, 1961- (Performer, Person)
- Ivers, Eileen (1965-) (Performer, Person)
- Kelly, James (Fiddler) (1957-) (Performer, Person)
- McGann, Andy (1928-2004) (Performer, Person)
- McGreevy, John (Johnny), 1919-1990 (Performer, Person)
- Mulvihill, Brendan, 1954- (Performer, Person)
- Reynolds, Paddy (1920-2005) (Performer, Person)
- Russ, Dale (Performer, Person)
- Wynne, Martin, 1913-1998 (Performer, Person)
- Mercier, Mel (1959-) (Performer, Person)
- Ní Riain, Nóirín (Performer, Person)
- Ó Súilleabháin, Mícheál, 1950-2018 (Presenter, Person)
- Reynolds, Larry, 1932-2012 (Person)
Access Note
These recordings have been digitally copied; all original media were retained, but may not be played due to format. Digital use copies can only be accessed in the Burns Library Reading Room.
Partial Extent
2.25 hours (audio)
Partial Extent
2 hours (moving images)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Original media
2 audio cassettes (DAT) and 1 videocassette (VHS)
Listening and viewing notes
Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin introduces the evening
Kevin Burke and Dale Russ Set:
Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin introduces Kevin Burke and Dale Russ
Burke and Russ: Unidentified Jigs
Burke: Three Reels: "The Broken Pipes"/"Martin Rockford's"/ "Miss McLeod's"
Russ: Double Jig: "The Humours of Ballyloughlin"
Tune Intro
Burke and Russ: Reels: "Roll out the Barrel"/"Lafferty's"/"The House of Hammil"
Liz Carroll, Eileen Ivers, and Martin Hayes Set (with Mel Mercier):
Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin introduces Liz Carroll, Eileen Ivers, Martin Hayes, and Mel Mercier
Carroll, Ivers, and Hayes: Slipjig
Carroll: Reels: "The Exile of Erin"/"Sean sa Cheo"
Hayes: Reels: "Joe Bane's"/"The Green: Gowned Lass"
Ivers (with Mercier, bodhran): Reels: Unidentified/''The Piper on Horseback"
Carroll, Hayes and Ivers (with Mercier, bodhran): Reel: "The Humours of Lissaddell"
Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin makes announcements
Johnny McGreevy, James Kelly, Paddy Cronin, and Johnny Cronin Set:
Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin introduces Johnny McGreevy, James Kelly, Paddy Cronin, and Johnny Cronin
McGreevy, Kelly, P. Cronin, and J. Cronin: Unidentified Tune
Tune Intro
J. Cronin: Two Jigs
P. Cronin: Brendan Toma's
Gneeveguilla fiddler tradition talk
Kelly: Reels: "The Morning Dew"/"Jenny's Chickens"
Tune Intro
McGreevy: Two Unidentified Jigs
McGreevy, Kelly, P. Cronin, and J. Cronin: Reels: "The Tarbolton"/"The Longford Collector"/"The Sailor's Bonnet"
Act II
Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin thanks Brendan Mulvihill and Seamus Connolly
Brendan Mulvihill and Seamus Connolly Set (with Mel Mercier):
Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin introduces Brendan Mulvihill, Seamus Connolly, Mel Mercier
Mulvihill and Connolly: Unidentified Reels Tune Intro
Mulvihill: Reels: "A Bunch of Keys" or "The Flowers of Limerick"/ "Tommy Coen's"
Tune Intro
Connolly: Slow Air: "Sliabh na mBan"/Hornpipe: "Sliabh na mBan"/Reels (with Mercier, bodhran): "Fisherman's Island"/"The Humours of Westport"
Connolly offers thanks and welcome Tune Intro
Mulvihill and Connolly (with Mercier, bodhran): Reels: "The Salamanca"/"Trim the Velvet"
Andy McGann and Paddy Reynolds Set:
Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin introduces Andy McGann and Paddy Reynolds McGann, Reynolds: Two Jigs: "Joe Derrane's"/Unidentified
Tune Intro
Reynolds: Reels: "Aggie Whyte's"/"Miss Roddy's" Tune Intro
McGann: Air: "Gaelic Lament"/ Reels: "The Lads of Laois"/"The First Month of Summer"
Tune Intro
McGann and Reynolds: Hornpipe: "The Banks Medley"
Brian Conway, Tony De Marco, and Martin Wynne Set:
Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin introduces Brian Conway, Tony De Marco, and Martin Wynne
Tune Intro
Conway, De Marco, and Wynne: Hornpipes: "The Flowers of Spring"/"Jim Coleman's"
Tune Intro
Wynne: Slip Jig: "The Boys of Ballisodare" Wynne: Reel: "The Wexford Lass"
Conway: Air: "The Lament for Staker Wallace"/Reel: "Farewell to Ireland"/"Farewell to Erin" (with Mercier, bodhran)
Tune Intro
De Marco (with Mercier, bodhran): Reels: "The Wind that Shakes the Barley"/"The Reel [of] Bogie" ["The Tramp's Reel"]
Tune Intro
Conway, De Marco, :and Wynne: Reels: "Lad O'Beirne's"/"Leinster Buttermilk"
Final Set:
"What would you like to hear?" Intro
All: Hornpipes: "The Plains of Boyle"/"Dunphy's Hornpipe"
S. Connolly introduces tunes
Three Double Jigs by Michael Coleman: "The Wandering Minstrel Medley"
J. Kelly expresses appreciation
Reel: "Lord McDonald's"/"The Fair of Ballinasloe"
Tune Intro
All: Reel: "My Love Is in America" with opening bodhran solo by Mel Mercier
Repository Details
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